The second day started with great enthusiasm.
We left at 5:00 a.m. and headed back to Nanagawa Dam. On this day, we decided to look for a different point from the previous day. We were used to the big winding mountain roads for the second day in a row. Perhaps it is one of the charms of travel that even in a strange place, once you learn the roads and scenery, you feel a sense of familiarity, and you feel as if you are at home there.
There were cars parked along the road and it seemed that there were already people ahead of us. When we arrived at the spot where we could see the fish and were getting ready, some locals came up to the boat. We asked them about the fishing results. With hope in our hearts, we went down the cliff-like road, which could not be called a road, and started casting at the riverbank. The water level was still high, but the current was weaker than the day before.
Mr. Murayama used a big bait to produce ayu that had drifted down, just as he had done in the river the day before. Mr. Murata also chooses minnows, imagining small ayu. Ishii and Komatsu chose a spinnerbait and threw it to the opposite bank and tried to probe it by reeling it in fast.
It rained on and off again this day. The water is muddy, but it is a creamy blue, not cafe au lait, which is a beautiful sight. We continued casting to the shadows of large rocks and the yawl where the current was slowing down.
While no one felt any response, Mr. Murata, who was on the downstream side of the river, got a bite. He changed from a minnow to a vibration and reeled it in! But it got away.
After that, another chance arrived for Mr. Murata. He threw a lure into the area where a bass was about to eat a frog that had fallen from a tree, and the fish was on! However, the bite was shallow and the fish escaped again.
That was the only response we got. The situation is shifty and the point is moved.
